# About * Name: Paul Buetow * Father, Husband, Computer tinkerer, Yogi, Science fiction lover, cat owner * Born in: Germany, currently living in: Sofia, Bulgaria * Profession: Computerist - Solving problems with computers that we wouldn't have without them * Current job: Site Reliability Engineer * Education: Diplom-Informatiker (FH) (Diploma from a German University of Applied Sciences, before hey had international Bachelor and Masters programs) * E-Mail: `paul@nospam.buetow.org` => ./paul.jpg Paul Buetow ## My sites => ../ My blog here at foo.zone => https://irregular.ninja irregular.ninja - My street photography site (warn: multiple MBs, it's photos after all) => ./dtail.gmi DTail - the distributed log tailing program ## Show me the code => ./showcase.gmi Project showcase => https://codeberg.org/snonux codeberg.org/snonux - My Codeberg page => https://github.com/snonux github.com/snonux - My GitHub page (it's just a mirror of Codeberg, really) ## Social Media and Communities => https://fosstodon.org/@snonux @snonux@fosstodon.org - Me at Mastodon => https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-buetow-b4857270/ My LinkedIn profile ## Books ### Books I am currently reading / listening * Seeking SRE: Conversations About Running Production Systems at Scale; David N. Blank-Edelman; eBook (Kobo kePub) * How to talk so kids will listen & Listen so kids will talk; Audiobook (Audible) * 2005 - Okular; Alastair Reynolds; eBook (Kobo kePub) * 2021 - Inhibitor Phase; Alastair Reynolds; Audiobook (Libro.fm) ### Next books already in my shelf * Clean Code; Audiobook (Audible) * Bash it out * 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts; Emily Freeman, Nathen Harvey; eBook (ePub) * 1992 - A Fire Upon the Deep (german: Ein Feuer auf der Tiefe); Vernor Vinge; eBook (buecher.de) * 2025 - Origin: Die Entdecknug (german); Andreas Brandhorst; eBook (buecher.de) * 2025 - Origin: Die Erweckung (german); Joschua Tree; eBook (buecher.de) * 2025 - Origin: Die Erloesung (german); Brandon Q. Morris; eBook (buecher.de) ### Book wishlist * 2025 - Gateway - Frederik Pohl (german) ### Books I've read => ./resources.gmi Resources, Technical Books, Podcasts, Courses and Guides I recommend => ./novels.gmi Novels I've read That's all for now... => ../ Back to the main site